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On Westbourne Road, in West Kirby
What it's like at CH48 4DQ: every home that has sold on Westbourne Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Westbourne Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 71 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 12, Westbourne RoadFlat | Mar 1998 | £63,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12a, Westbourne RoadFlat | Mar 1999 | £63,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Westbourne RoadDetached | Apr 2017 | £600,000 | 280 m² | £2,143/m² | 1 |
| 29, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Sept 2023 | £470,000 | 282 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 31, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Jul 2020 | £462,500 | 208 m² | £2,224/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 32, Westbourne RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2018 | £420,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 32a, Westbourne RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2018 | £420,000 | 83 m² | £5,060/m² | 3 |
| 32b, Westbourne RoadFlat · company-owned | Oct 2006 | £160,000 | 92 m² | £1,739/m² | 2 |
| 33, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Mar 2004 | £296,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 37, Westbourne RoadDetached | Jan 2000 | £145,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 39a, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Oct 2009 | £175,000 | 71 m² | £2,465/m² | 3 |
| 39b, Westbourne RoadFlat | Apr 2021 | £200,530 | 71 m² | £2,824/m² | 5 |
| 41, Westbourne RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2000 | £129,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 43a, Westbourne RoadFlat | Jul 2021 | £150,000 | 92 m² | £1,630/m² | 2 |
| 45, Westbourne RoadFlat | Jun 2021 | £179,000 | 74 m² | £2,419/m² | 2 |
| 45a, Westbourne RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £195,000 | 146 m² | £1,336/m² | 2 |
| 61, Westbourne RoadFlat | Jun 2003 | £92,000 | 62 m² | £1,484/m² | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 61, Westbourne RoadFlat · company-owned | Sept 2017 | £146,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 61a, Westbourne RoadFlat | Sept 2014 | £90,000 | 90 m² | £1,000/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is West Kirby, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 1.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Dunraven Road, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 703); 27 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is West Kirby Grammar School, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 71.3 · 45.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: West Kirby Grammar School (0.6 km) and Calday Grange Grammar School (1.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Gerrards Confectioners, 250 m away; Waverley (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Marine Lake Medical Practice (400 m), with Welshs the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Luxe is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Arrowe Park Hospital, 5.5 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 43% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 35 restaurants and cafés and 6 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Nook Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Slinkys cafe bar the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 31% flats and 13% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Ashton Park, 200 m away; for exercise, The Concourse (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Meols, 3.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 22 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 60 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 46% of adults have a degree.
60 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Wirral West constituency: Matthew Patrick MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,998 (20.0%), turnout 69%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 8%.
6 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CH48 4DQ →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Wirral since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 71 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 52 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.1% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.2% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 59 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 57 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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